Example Sentences

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So this is designed after her opening screen for “Renaissance,” and she later sold a version of it online, so Beyoncé has copied me.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

Barry retired from the NBA in 1980 as the all-time leader in free-throw shooting percentage, having exclusively used under-arm "granny throws", yet nobody has copied his technique.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2025

Every Twitter or Facebook competitor has copied its features to the tiniest detail.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 23, 2022

On a chalkboard-painted closet door, Jillian White, a director of a mortgage company, has copied what has become a contemporary homage to Rosa Parks, surely one of the best boundary setters of the last century.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2020

“She ain’t done yet, but so far she has copied every little detail of the development and built it into her city.”

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore